[ He knows they shouldn't even be doing this. Not with Eddie still recovering. But when has he ever been able to deny Eddie anything in the end? Being a shit isn't the same thing and he usually always gives in to the other. This was just another version of that. Him having wanted it for years is just a happy bonus.
He presses his forehead to Ed's, breathing out hard against his mouth, his hand still cupping the back of the other's head. He feels his eyes burn at the words, closing them before nodding. ]
Doesn't hurt to hear it.
[ He hates the small break in his voice that slips out but to think how close he came to losing this beautiful man without either of them saying such a thing to each other. His eyes open again as he finally admits: ]
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He presses his forehead to Ed's, breathing out hard against his mouth, his hand still cupping the back of the other's head. He feels his eyes burn at the words, closing them before nodding. ]
Doesn't hurt to hear it.
[ He hates the small break in his voice that slips out but to think how close he came to losing this beautiful man without either of them saying such a thing to each other. His eyes open again as he finally admits: ]
I've loved you for a long time, Eds.